TY - GEN
T1 - Adoption of e-commerce in SMES
T2 - IFIP TC8/WG8.4 2nd Working Conference on E-Business: Multidisciplinary Research and Practice
AU - Scupola, Ada
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The paper presents the results of an exploratory case study of early adopters of electronic commerce. The data have been analyzed by applying PriceWaterhouseCoopers stage model of adoption of e-commerce. This model has been used because it takes into consideration many factors such as adoption benefits and barriers, uses, evolution of e-commerce capabilities, and the measures that should be taken to increase adoption and diffusion of ecommerce in SMEs. The paper concludes that this model, while having many strengths, presents also some limitations, the most important being not taking into consideration the changes in the company capabilities and business processes that have to take place in order to go from one level to the next of ecommerce capabilities.
AB - The paper presents the results of an exploratory case study of early adopters of electronic commerce. The data have been analyzed by applying PriceWaterhouseCoopers stage model of adoption of e-commerce. This model has been used because it takes into consideration many factors such as adoption benefits and barriers, uses, evolution of e-commerce capabilities, and the measures that should be taken to increase adoption and diffusion of ecommerce in SMEs. The paper concludes that this model, while having many strengths, presents also some limitations, the most important being not taking into consideration the changes in the company capabilities and business processes that have to take place in order to go from one level to the next of ecommerce capabilities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904353459&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-0-387-35692-1_17
DO - 10.1007/978-0-387-35692-1_17
M3 - Article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:84904353459
SN - 9781475764932
T3 - I F I P Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 291
EP - 308
BT - Seeking Success in E-Business
PB - Springer New York LLC
Y2 - 9 June 2002 through 11 June 2002
ER -